5.7 Quiz 1

5.7 Quiz 1

1. What is UNIX? Why would someone use it?
   A multi user, multi platform, portable operating system.
2. What company and what division did the initial development of UNIX?
   AT&T and Bell Technical Labratories (Bell Labs)
3. What language is most of UNIX written in?
   "C". A small part of it is written in the assembly language of the target machine.
4. What type of platform (hardware) does UNIX run on?
   Almost all systems. Two that come to mind that don't run UNIX are Commodore 64 and the AS/400. All RISC systems seem to. Super computer systems. IBM/PC and Mac desktop systems. Engineering workstations.
5. Who currently owns "UNIX"? (Optional: What company currently ownes a large part of the answer to this question?)
   Santa Cruz Operation or SCO. Microsoft currently owns a large block of SCO stock.
6. How do you exit (saving your work) the vi text editor?
   Two ways esc ZZ or :wq

5.7 Quiz 1